SMALL CAMPERS CAN GO ANYWHERE

With a pop-top campervan you can get under most height barriers at the entrances to car parks. Many pop-top campervans are around 2.04 metres tall, while some small campervans, such as the Nissan NV200 CamperCar, are less than that - at about 1.95 metres tall with the roof closed for travel. This means that with a bit of care you can get under the 2.1 metre (7 foot) height barriers, and into the car park with all the cars. Just make sure the barrier really is at the height it says, in case they have added many layers of resurfacing over the years. Then once you’re in the car park you can open up the pop-top roof. It gives you lots of light and air and plenty of headroom when you are standing up to cook, change into beach clothes or move around inside. It is so easy to put the roof up whenever you like - even just for a picnic stop on a day out - or to break up a longer journey into a set of short, relaxed driving stages. When you unfasten the pop-top roof, you can then push it up at the front and the gas struts quickly take over and lift it the rest of the way. Some van conversion companies also offer an electric roof, as a cost option. With the roof up, now you have plenty of headroom and you can also have an extra double bed in the pop-top roof area at night. This might be a

Ken and Carol picked up their small campervan in late 2019, and they’re still enjoying their many adventures and have now spent hundreds of nights wild camping.

WILD CAMPING

“After a first trial night of wild camping at Firle Beacon in Sussex and a quick stop back home to pick up some things, we headed north. We went to Silverstone to watch the Aston Martin Owners’ Club racing and were surprised to find that we could drive up close to the track at Copse Corner for a great view of the racing action from our van.”